While it’s always nice to see the Left fighting amongst themselves, it’s especially pleasing to see one of them do it with gale force rhetorical winds. Welcome to Hurricane Walter.
FNC: “Walter Shaub, the director of the United States Office of Government Ethics under President Obama, said the Biden administration is sending a ‘f— you’ to ethics experts by hiring so many relatives of senior White House officials. Press secretary Jen Psaki, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, senior adviser Anita Dunn, White House counselor Steve Richetti, deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed and presidential personnel office director Cathy Russell each have at least one direct family member working for the Biden administration.”
“I’m sorry, I know some folks don’t like hearing any criticism of him. But this royally sucks. I’m disgusted. A lot of us worked hard to tee him up to restore ethics to government and believed the promises,” Shaub added, calling the string of family-related hires “a real ‘f*** you’ to us—and government ethics.” He continued in all caps.
“EVEN THE F-ING HEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE KEEPING THEM HONEST, HAS A CHILD WHO’S A RECENT COLLEGE GRAD WORKING IN THE ADMINISTRATION. AND THE SPOUSE OF THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD,” Shaub added. “This is ridiculous. What a f***ing failure.”
EVEN THE F-ING HEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE KEEPING THEM HONEST, HAS A CHILD WHO'S A RECENT COLLEGE GRAD WORKING IN THE ADMINISTRATION. AND THE SPOUSE OF THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. This is ridiculous. What a fucking failure.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) June 18, 2021
“And I don’t love having a milk lobbyist running USDA or a ‘strategic advisor’ (i.e., shadow lobbyist) running the State Department,” Shaub continued. “Or the brother of Biden’s top WH advisor lobbying the Executive Office of the President through a firm the Biden appointee founded.”
The White House offered a lamer response than usual. “The president has instituted the highest ethical standards of anyone to ever hold this office,” deputy White House press secretary Andrew Bates told press. “And he’s proud to have staffed the most diverse administration in American history with well-qualified public servants who reflect his values.”
“It feels like the taxpayers are funding a career-building charity for the Ricchetti family,” Shaub himself previously told press. “Add to that the fact that you’ve got Ricchetti’s brother lobbying the administration, and this feels like a very special episode of the Partridge Family where they all pile in the van and go visit Washington — only they should call this show the Patronage Family.” The analysis is correct, recalling the Partridge Family hits “I Woke Up With a Job This Morning”, “I’ll Meet You Halfway, Down the Corridor from the West Wing”, and “I Think I Hired You”.
This piece was written by David Kamioner on June 19, 2021. It originally appeared in DrewBerquist.com and is used by permission.
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